Irma was the first category 5 hurricane to strike the leeward islands on record followed by maria two weeks later.
Satellite hurricane irma track.
Fueled by very warm ocean waters a.
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At the time it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open atlantic region outside of the caribbean sea and gulf of mexico.
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Hurricane irma was an extremely powerful cape verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in september 2017.
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Irma was the strongest hurricane ever observed in the open atlantic only a day after it was first named a tropical storm in the eastern atlantic ocean on august 30 irma had quickly strengthened to a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 115 mph.
Max wind speed 180mph.
Goes 16 imagery of hurricane irma approaching the leeward islands as a category 5 storm on sep.
Hurricane season 2020 in the atlantic starts on june 1st and ends on november 30th.
Hurricane irma forecast discussion 000 wtnt41 knhc 061448 tcdat1 hurricane irma discussion number 30 nws national hurricane center miami fl al112017 1100 am ast wed sep 06 2017 the eye of irma passed over barbuda st.
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Martin this morning and will be moving over portions of the british and u s.
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At least four billion dollar disasters struck the u s.
Maximum sustained winds are 75 mph and central pressure is 965 mb on the 5 am edt nhc advisory.